.world was already bad, doesn’t stop me from being disappointed when one of the instances I liked more gets worse.

So all moderation is wrong?

No.

You can achieve essentially the same effect via blocking. Bypassing defederation instead requires using a different instance.

You might be thinking about .ml instances. dbzer0 has been one of the most open instances. I’m just disappointed at the current trend.

It isn’t, I have active accounts on a handful of instances atm.

or the authority

Authority is exactly the problem. Who would’ve thought that somebody with an account on an anarchist instance has problems with other people telling them what they can and can’t do?

Shocking, I know.

“people voting for something I don’t like” is an especially idiotic way to define it.

You’re right, that would be idiotic. Good thing I didn’t define authoritarian that way, and no, it is not a meaningless word, you can (in fact) look it up in a dictionary which describes the meaning fairly well.

Voting to block a domain and having that domain blocked isn’t comparable to electing an authoritarian leader.

Nobody has said that? What it does is remove the choice from each individual, which is authoritarian, even if done via majority vote. There was nothing stopping those who wanted the domain blocked to do that themselves.

Ah yes because nothing authoritarian was ever implemented through a vote…

Personally, I voted against on my db0 account, the top voted comments explain pretty thoroughly why.

It’s sad to see dbzer0 slowly creeping towards authoritarianism. This is exactly the kind of reason I couoldn’t entertain making it my primary instance unfortunately.

TL:DR - because they perform more transactions that seem like they might down the line cause the banks to be liable for allowing financing of terrorism, and the risk isn’t worth it (for the banks).

…because they believe those reports to be exaggerated, false, or both.

There won’t be anybody to save our asses if the Ukrainians tire of sending their young into the Russian meat grinder - supporting them, and preparing ourselves means SPENDING ON DEFENSE. That’s not to mention how dependent we’ve become on China for all things manufactured and the US for all things software.

Oh, and for the record, Belgium has the 8th highest per capita consumption emissions in the world, so maybe focus on your own politicians before whining about us 😑

Y’know - maybe we should take both into consideration, maybe?

Source of their statement:

https://www.naturvardsverket.se/data-och-statistik/klimat/vaxthusgaser-nettoutslapp-och-nettoupptag-fran-markanvandning/

OK let’s have a look at how the development of land use emissions compared to the ideological alignment of governments during the same time period… :

So, in short, during blue periods during the last 15 years (right wing governments) land use co2 absorption has been mostly static and during the red periods (left wing governments) land use co2 absorption almost halved (57.8 Mtonnes of CO2-equivalents in 2014 --> 33.6 Mtonnes in 2022).

This doesn’t really seem to line up with the narrative of reduction in absorption being a problem caused by a right wing government.

Instead, from what I’ve gathered when speaking to people in the forestry business it’s rather a question of reduced growth due to drier summers as well as losses due to bug infestations and forest fires. The other half of the puzzle is massively increased electricity prices becoming a demand driver for fuel wood as a method of offsetting the periods with both highest electricity prices and highest demand (wintertime), which in turn was caused by premature shutdowns of nuclear power plants for political reasons.

They did cut the amount of biofuels in both diesel & gasoline however, which accounts for most of the 7% emissions increase, though it is debatable whether the actual emissions benefits of biofuels match the on-paper benefits. Furthermore, fuel costs had become a primary cost driver in inflation, this slashed fuel fuel prices from amongst the highest in the EU to amongst the lowest.

It also means that Sweden risks being in violation of a range of EU agreements, including the union’s Nature Restoration Law, Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) Regulation.

From what I’ve read these regulations were drafted based on how forests are handled in continental Europe (where there is basically none) with little to no regard for how forestry has been handled for centuries in northern Europe. The reason that our forests remain is that they are productive - these regulations threaten the Nordic forestry model fundamentally.

doesn’t take into account emissions from land use changes

Sweden has negative emissions from land use changes - largely thanks to our healthy forestry practices compared to other countries.

manufacturing emissions have been offshored away

I agree, it’s a massive shame. This is why countries with good enviromental regulations need to make an effort to bring manufacturing back under our own jurisdiction where it can be done cleanly & efficiently. Still, even accounting for this Sweden is doing well compared to other developed nations.

Thank you for taking the time to explain your position. I hadn’t seen their latest report until now.

Most of the above figures have been similar (and I think rather understandable if unfortunate) since oct. 7, but the increased support for forced expulsion & Katz plan is worrying.

Realistically it seems that there won’t be a negotiated end to the war between Israel & Hamas, I instead expect an enforced peace where Hamas never surrenders and Gaza instead is put under complete Israeli military occupation until (long term) a semi-autonomous civilian regime is set up similar to the W.B.

Of note, I have previously and still do find this one:

Oppose peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority.

to be a bit of an odd pre-oct. 7 relic. It doesn’t really apply to the current war in Gaza since the PA isn’t a participant. At the very least they should run a separate, similar question regarding Hamas to get a fair assessment of support for a negotiated end to the current war.

Our commitments were made in an entirely different realpolitik environment, before the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

Swedish gdp per capita has been stagnant for several years with significant real wage decline, particularly for low to lower mid-income households - an estimated 6.5-16.5% decline since pre pandemic levels in 2019, only starting to properly recover in the past year or so.

Simultaneously there’s increasing healthcare costs tied to an aging population, massive needs to increase defence spending (1% of GDP in 2019, 2.4% currently, 5% goal) as well as significant and increasing societal economic losses from crime.

Something has had to budge and this is, unfortunately, one of those things. Work continues albeit at a lower priority.

Make no mistake. Sweden is still and will continue to be leagues ahead of most developed nations, and does really well even compared to the global average. Compared to a Swede, the average human has a carbon footprint 26% larger, European 50% larger, German 90% larger, Chinese 126% larger and each of y’all americans emit almost as much as 4 Swedes put together on average.

Tel Aviv University Peace Index

Yes I’ve read several of their reports a whule bacj. Most Israelis (particularly Jewish ones but also many Arab Israelis) and Gazans are very pessimistic about the prospects for peace, tied to not believing the other side to be trustworthy, particularly since Oct. 7.

believe the most heinous shit

You’ll have to elaborate on that, because you’re (A) generalizing to a very large group with very diverse views & opinions and (B) rather vague.

That’s surprising

Why do you think that?